Just for the sake of being friendly I will believe you ... whilst not admitting to poking you a bit. ha ha ha

I certainly do, and had some fun with that game for a while.

Talking about building type games, and in the video game sphere, some great games transcended age and gender. One such for me, was The Incredible Machine, which was played by all my family and quite a few friends and work colleagues, at least until we got sick of it ... from over indulging.

Ah, definitely. Played the 2nd one though.

While I am a bit fussy about what I will bother to play now, board or card game wise, I still do enjoy the odd one, especially as it gives me a break from being on the PC too much, and encourages me to be social, especially with the family. It can be a tough task most of the time though, to pull me away from some project on the PC, as I am always working on something new or updating something older, and I tend to stay committed until finished.

It is hard to remember all the games I have tried, but definitely Ludo was one and then you have UNO and Yahtzee, and even the odd weird but fun one like Mousetrap. There were various peg type games too and Pick Up Sticks. I recall other card games like 21 and Black Bitch and 500, and many I cannot recall. Of course, some card games had more than one name, depending on what country you came from and what some might have just given their own name to at times, often making up some of the rules in the process or even creating them. I recall my youngest brother introducing us to a fantasy board game called The Magic Realm, back when we were young men. One of my good mates, who now lives in a different state, is always trying out some new game, and trying to convince me to play one of them when he visits.

Wars might have started out as fun games, until someone smacked someone on the head too hard ... or won too often.

Or maybe that pretty damsel that was first prize meant that losing was not an acceptable option.

I'm sure some had fun though ... even it was only the drinking afterward ... and no doubt during.

And I am sure that some types of hunting were for fun only, though of course they would bring the game (sic) home if it was eatable.

Well, not so long since, you know, i witnessed an amstrad thing while young and of course the C64 from a fairly young age. Though i have to say. Those games felt more of an extension of the already existing package of games. Together with friends, playing as much inside as outside.
The pc, a 68xt something, i'm not sure any more did grow into a more solitaire form of entertainment during its lifetime. Home to games such as Sopwith Camel, i think the game was named or airborne ranger. Some Rambo games but also those most elusive type of strategy titles such as The sacred art of war - Sun Tzu or 2d WW north africa campaign game.

During the 20ties there was a lot of room for need for speed underground, with friends this time. Sometimes taking the game a bit too literal into the real world.

That said, i still enjoy playing games, with or without friends though, with remembering my own past youth, especially in the online pvp scene i tend to avoid multiplayer all in all. That is not really my cup of tea any more.

We in our retro games group (usually busy playing games like Decathlon, Wintergames, Pick Axe Pete, Citty Connect), at one of our last meetings played "Pachisi" for a couple of hours :)